He's no Stalin, but he's got the right idea...

Friday, September 21. 2007

He's no Stalin, but he's got the right idea...

Naomi Wolf was on The Colbert Report the other night. Stephen didn't let her get through them all, but she outlined Ten Steps To Close Down an Open Society. I've been saying this for years, with increasingly flailing arms and expressions of dismay, but I'm delighted that someone has clearly defined this clear plan for absolute power, which may or may not really be a plan at all. I'm not sure which scares me more.

She was also reprinted in The Guardian.

Posted by lalcorn in Political Rants at 16:20 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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The only thing this list doesn't address is the subversion/perversion of organized religion. Substituting the state for the prevailing faith or making the two inextricable is a VERY strong tool imo. Alternately, outlawing and/or marginalizing religion works too. Bush gets the benefit of the double play with the definition of the enemy being both a terrorist and religious -- currently Christianity=neocon=good and Islam=bad.

#1 rodent on 2007-09-24 17:16 (Reply)

When I read this, I thought immediately that it resonated strongly with the "Ten Steps" in a frightening way.

#2 John (Homepage) on 2007-09-28 11:24 (Reply)

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